PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian student was part of a team that managed to beat the existing United Kingdom altitude record for amateur high power rockets.
Vishan Nair Birakasan, a fourth-year Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Sheffield, led rocket team Sheffield University Nova Rocket Innovation Design Engineering (SunrIde) in launching its "Helen" rocket at Spaceport America Cup, New Mexico, on June 21 this year.
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